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United Kingdom burials and memorials: WIR and BWIR
United Kingdom burials and memorials: WIR and BWIR
The majority of burials are at Seaford, Sussex (19) and Plymouth, Efford Cemetery (13), Weston Mill Cemetery (17) with the remainder in Liverpool and London. Between October 1915 and March 1916, Seaford was used as a training camp for the British West Indies Regiment in preparation for fighting in Europe. Withnoe camp, Whitsand Bay, Plymouth was also an arrival camp. The new arrivals were inadequately clothed for the harsh realities of the British cold in winter and the huts badly insulated. As a result the camps became rife with diseases and men lost their lives totally unnecessarily // Those who died at sea (58) are remembered by the Hollybrook Memorial in Hampshire // complete
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Born 1890
Died 1916
British Army 4434 Private British West Indies Regiment
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Born 1894
Died 1916
Other Empire Force 4921 Private Jamaica War Contingent
British Army 6395 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion
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Born 1894
Died 1916
British Army 2589 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion
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Born 1894
Died 1916
British Army 3580 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion
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Born 1897
Died 1916
British Army 2159 Private British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion
More about Luther George Bennett -
Died 1919
British Army 9787 Private British West Indies Regiment
British Army 9787 Private British West Indies Regiment 7th Battalion
More about Octavius Blackwood -
Died 1919
British Army 3440 Private British West Indies Regiment 7th Battalion
British Army 3440 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion
More about Zacchaeus Nathaniel Walters -
Died 1916
British Army 6401 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion
More about Richards Williams -
Died 1919
British Army 7550 Private British West Indies Regiment 11th Battalion
More about Thomas Cohen -
Died 1916
Other Empire Force 4608 Private Jamaica War Contingent
British Army 6392 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion
More about John Clarke -
Born 1895
Died 1915
Other Empire Force 308 Private Jamaica War Contingent
British Army 2039 Private British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion
More about James O'meally -
Born 1870
Died 1920
British Army 63029 Company Sergeant Major Royal Garrison Artillery
British Army 1 Lieutenant and Quarter Master British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion
British Army Captain and Quartermaster British West Indies Regiment
More about Herbert R Holcombe -
Born 1892
Died 1918
British Army 6949 Private British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion
British Army 6949 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion
More about Adolphus Jack -
Died 1919
British Army 6185 Private British West Indies Regiment
More about Charles Wright -
Died 1916
Other Empire Force 4316 Private Jamaica War Contingent
British Army 6391 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion
More about Namaan Thompson -
Born 1887
Died 1916
British Army 2367 Private British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion
More about Isaac Daniel Rhoden -
Died 1915
British Army 488 Private British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion
More about Lucien Stephen -
Died 1919
British Army 13582 Private British West Indies Regiment
More about Charles Bernard -
Born 1879
Died 1917
British Army 15812 Private British West Indies Regiment
British Army 15813 Private British West Indies Regiment 11th Battalion
More about Edwin Ebenezer Facey -
Died 1918
British Army 7191 Serjeant British West Indies Regiment 6th Battalion
More about Albert Robinson